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Researchers develop robot dog to combat highly invasive species wreaking havoc across the globe: 'A serious threat'

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A new robot dog developed by scientists is sniffing out invasive fire ants using artificial intelligence.

The robot dogs identify three times more nests with greater precision than human inspectors.

Red imported fire ants have caused extensive environmental and economic damage in the United States and Australia .

This is one of many attempts by scientists to control troublesome invasive species.